Correlates of Echocardiographic Indices of Cardiac Remodeling Over the Adult Life Course
Population
Adults
Design
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Implication
Suggests tailored echo interpretation by sex and comorbidities in older adults; leaves open causal roles in diastolic HF.
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Population
Adults
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Outcome
Echocardiographic indices of cardiac remodeling (LV wall thickness, LV dimensions, and fractional shortening)surrogate
Female sex, higher blood pressure, and diabetes attenuate normal age-related cardiac remodeling, potentially explaining their strong association with diastolic heart failure.
Cite This Study
Cheng et al. (2010) studied this question.